Morality in Huckleberry Finn

Summary: Discusses the Mark Twain novel, Huckleberry Finn. Explores each of the major characters, ranking them in terms of their morality.

In terms of morality I would rank Jim as number one. Jim constantly looks out for Huck throughout the book and is completely selfless towards him. Huck remarks, "I'd see him standing my watch on top of his'n, stead of calling me...and how glad he was when I come back out of the for..and he would always call me honey...and do everything he could think of for me"(169). This shows that Jim is always thinking of others before himself and is full of morals.

Widow Douglas is the second person on the list of people in terms of morality. She brought it upon herself to raise Huck, no matter what the cost and no matter what it took. Huck says, "She took me for her son and allowed she would sivilize me" and "She cried over me...put me in new clothes"(7) and...